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name: "Ardy Lam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andy-lam-kwok-wah"
fi1m_id: "andy-lam-kwok-wah"
imdb_id: "nm0482559"
tmdb_id: 65963
wikidata_id: "Q19303440"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "8 August 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:13:19.968445+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ardy Lam

## Identity

Ardy Lam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andy-lam-kwok-wah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andy-lam-kwok-wah
- **IMDb ID:** nm0482559
- **TMDB ID:** 65963
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19303440
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19303440, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65963

Cinematographer. Born 8 August 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 8 August 1967
- **Also known as:** Andy Lam Kwok-Wah, Ardy Lam Gwok-Wah, Lam Gwok-Wa, Danny K. W. Lam, Lam Kwok-Wa, Lam Kwok-Wah, Линь Го Хуа, Lin Guo Hua
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19303440, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65963

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Once Upon a Time in China*](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md) (81)

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## Biography

Ardy Lam (also credited as Andy Lam Kwok-Wah, Ardy Lam Gwok-Wah and Lam Gwok-Wa) is a Hong Kong cinematographer. He has worked on numerous Hong Kong and international productions since the late 1980s.

His credits as director of photography include *Bullet in the Head* (1990), *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), *Police Story 3: Super Cop* (1992), *Crime Story* (1993) and *The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom* (2014). He won the Asia-Pacific Film Festival award for Best Cinematography for *Cageman* (1992).

*Sources: imdb.com, mydramalist.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Braveness of the Ming* (2024), series, Producer
- *The Story Of Xi Bao* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Nine Palace Secret Code* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Police Tactical Unit* (2019), series, Producer
- *Delicious Destiny* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *The Bodyguard* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Fireworks* (2015), series, Producer
- *Scent* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom* (2014), Director of Photography
- *In Love With Power* (2012), series, Producer
- *Floating City* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Mortal Enemies* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Two Stupid Eggs* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The End of the Stumer* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Intimates* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Full Alert* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Stunt Woman* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Maximum Risk* (1996), "B" Camera Operator
- *The Adventurers* (1995), Director of Photography
- *From Zero to Hero* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Time in China V* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Bloody Beast* (1994), Producer
- *Always on My Mind* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Supercop 2* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Crime Story* (1993), Director of Photography
- *A Moment of Romance II* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Cageman* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Angel Terminators* (1992), Actor
- *The Prince of Temple Street* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Police Story 3: Super Cop* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Lover's Tear* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md)
- *Touch and Go* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Pretty Ghost* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Madame Bamboo* (1991), Director of Photography
- *That's Money* (1990), Presenter
- *Front Page* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Bullet in the Head* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Swordsman* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Spy Games* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Hearts, No Flowers* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Run, Don't Walk* (1989), Director of Photography
- *They Came to Rob Hong Kong* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Angel Enforcers* (1989), Actor
- *Blood Call* (1988), Producer
- *Gunmen* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Mistaken Identity* (1988), Actor
- *Chicken and Duck Talk* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Moon, Star and Sun* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Midnight* (1987), as Production Manager
- *Final Victory* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Sworn Brothers* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Kiss Me Goodbye* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Happy Din Don* (1986), Director of Photography
- *An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Turning Point* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Gang of Five* (1982), Production Manager
- *The Legal Illegals* (1981), Actor
- *Bruce Vs. Bill* (1981), Actor
- *Man on the Brink* (1981), Actor
- *Dynasty (II)* (1980), series, Actor
- *Dynasty* (1980), series, Actor
- *Operation Manhunt (II)* (1978), series, as CID

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